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Book SynopsisChronicles the American Christian relationship with Israel, tracing first mainline Protestant and then evangelical support for Zionism
Trade Review"Just as liberal and conservative Protestants embraced Israel at different points in the twentieth-century, so, too, will readers embrace this book for its well-written and captivating account of American Protestant support for Israel." * American Jewish History *
"A pioneering history" * American Historical Review *
"TheFervent Embrace is the product of remarkable research and shows a commendable mastery and balance. A welcome contribution." -- Stephen Spector,Stony Brook University
""Deeply researched, insightful, and sharply focused, The Fervent Embrace appears at a time when foreign/international relations history is waking up to the crucial importance of religion in shaping policy. Carenens cutting-edge, discerning analysis will prove valuable to scholars and students of foreign relations history, domestic politics, and religious studies." -- Frank Castigliola,University of Connecticut
"Highly recommended [for] all academic levels/libraries." * CHOICE *
"The Fervent Embrace takes a broad approach that sweeps up not simply evangelicals but also, most intriguingly, the mainline church...The Fervent Embrace is to be commended as thorough and evenhanded." * Christianity Today *
"Carenen tells this complex story of shifting Protestant allegiances evenhandedly and, more often than not, with clarity [...] she is especially thorough in her survey of mainline Protestants." * Christian Century *
"Carenen's book is particularly welcome as a call for seeing more complexity in the history of American Protestants' views of Zionism." * H-Net Reviews *
"This will be the definitive account." * Politics and Religion *
"Stellar...With clarity of purpose and a keen eye for colorful detail and big picture significance, Carenen manages to offer historians a deeply textured and compelling assessment of this vital yet understudies dimension of religion and politics in the twentieth-century United States." * Journal of American History *
"Carenen tells a compelling and well-documented story. She has done a service to those who study American attitudes toward Israel and Christian-Jewish relations with this complex narrative." * The American Jewish Archives Journal *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction List of Abbreviations 1 American Protestants and Jewish Persecution, 1933-1937 2 American Protestants Respond to Zionism and the Jewish Genocide in Europe, 1938-1948 Case Study 1. The Myth of Christian Intervention, Christian Guilt, and the Martin Niemoller Controversy 3 The Challenges of Statehood, 1948-1953 4 Political and Theological Dissent, 1953-1967 Case Study 2. "Of course, down in Virginia, you do have to worry about Southern Baptists": Samuel Newman, American Protestants, and Post-World War II Jewish-Christian Dialogue 5 The Tide Turns, 1967-1973 Case Study 3. The Individual and the U.S.-Israeli Alliance: Ursula Niebuhr, the Jerusalem Committee, and Christians Concerned for Israel viii | Contents 6 A New U.S.-Israeli Alliance, 1973-1979 7 The Political and Religious Landscape Shifts, 1980-2008 Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author
